Fatality: 2018 edition

[Member2035261]

Over here, I don't think I knew him at all, but his Wit and Wisdom Quotes here were tremendous. Very nice tributes also leads someone to believe he was a great guy despite problems.


Anthony Bourdain: Celebrity chef found dead at 61 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44414747

 

[Dngrsone]

I didn't like Bourdain's shows... I thought he was unnecessarily crass, but I must have been in the minority there.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Damn again. Younger than me.

 

[Member2035261]

Maria Bueno and Gena Turgel




Maria Bueno: Brazilian star of 1960s women's tennis dies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-44422258



Bride of Belsen Holocaust survivor Gena Turgel dies aged 95 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44423303

 

[Dngrsone]

Did you mean “unnecessarily?” I can see a level of abstraction where the way you wrote it makes sense, but I don’t think you meant it that way...

Sorry, yes, I did mean unnecessarily. Fixed now.

 

[shalemail]

Matt "guitar" Murphy died Friday at the age of 88. (Saturday Night Live/Blues Brothers) He will be missed.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Koko the sign langue using Gorilla is dead. She was 46.

 

[lunatic59]

Koko the sign langue using Gorilla is dead. She was 46.

This upset me more than most celebrity deaths, although 46 is pretty old for a gorilla.

 

[lunatic59]

^^^She was smarter than many politicians... .

Smarter, maybe, but definitely kinder, more compassionate and infinitely more honest.

 

[Dngrsone]

So far, the loss of Koko is the saddest this year.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

OT @Dngrsone It's early yet. Barbar could be... Nevermind.

 

[Dngrsone]

A family member here in the forums: Sweet Loretta Fat has passed at 12 years old.

Which is early for a leopard gecko, so I'm told, but these things happen.

Sorry, Koko, but this is sadder for me.

 

[Member2035261]

Pawn Stars 'Old Man' Richard Harrison dies at 77.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/25/...-the-old-man-richard-harrison-dead/index.html

I caught on a forum he had been missing on recent shows.
We generally have older series here in the UK so I was surprised and impressed to see a tribute screen at the end of today's re - run episode.

Very likable guy. Great pic of him in his Navy days.

 

[mikedt]

Joe Jackson (not the Shoeless one) is tormenting Michael again. He was 89.

Not Joe Jackson the singer then...Is She Really Going Out With Him? etc.

 

[Dngrsone]

Not Joe Jackson the singer then...Is She Really Going Out With Him? etc.

No. Joe Jackson, father of the Jackson Five, Michael, Janet... LaToya.

 

[Dngrsone]

Harlan Ellison has died this week.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

^^^ Radio^^^Star Trek^^^Outer Limits^^^short stories too.^^
He was an artist in many media. Not RIP.

 

[psionandy]

Peter Firmin, the co-creator of Clangers, Bagpuss and Basil Brush, has died at the age of 89, it has been confirmed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44674652

 

[dontpanicbobby]

^^^A true star^^^

 

[dontpanicbobby]

[USER=34978]@psionandy[/USER]'s Basil?
Of course that was you.
Nevermind.

 

[shalemail]

Good Morning, Vietnam' DJ and Air Force veteran Adrian Cronauer dies at 79


https://www.stripes.com/news/good-m...e-veteran-adrian-cronauer-dies-at-79-1.538398

 

[Unforgiven]

RIP Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin

 

[Clementine_3]

She was truly something.

 

[today]

The original "Diva". RIP girl.

 

[Deleted User]

RIP Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin

R.E.S.P.E.C.T